7. PRSR 05 12 2004 - Laserfiche WebLink

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PARK PROTECTS COMPLETED HiEhlands West Park StreetlPark and Planning Department personnel installed playground equipment, drainage, cushion material, and site grading. Contractors installed the concrete perimeter curbing and the bituminous parking pad. Lions Park • Skate park-Contractor dug out the peat for the skate park area. Street/Park Department staff hauled away about 5,300 cubic yards of poor soil, hauled in about 6,000 cubic yards of granular fill, compacted the site and fine graded it for the concrete pad. The sledding hill was re-graded in the process. • Trail Lighting-StreetJPark Department staff refurbished 33 recycled streetlights from Orono Parkway and mounted them to "floating" bases that were manufactured by Cretex of Elk River. Staff also worked with the installing electrical contractor, helping to bury conduit, and pull wire. • Hockey Rink Lights-City staff assembled new light heads on recycled light poles from City Hall. Staff dug, formed, and poured the concrete bases and with the help of the Utilities crew, set the poles so the electrical contractor could wire them. Lions Park Center • Parking Lot Lights-City staff dug the base mount holes and poured the concrete for 5 light poles for the parking lot at Lions Park Center, also assisting in assembling, erecting, and wiring the lights. • Patio-City staff installed conduits for future power and water, dug out poor quality soils, and fine graded the site before the contractor poured the concrete pad. Youth Athletic Complex • Concession Stand-City staff dug the footings and backfilled the foundation. A contractor did the building construction • Fields #5 & #6-City staff established the outfield turf and installed the aglime infield while a contractor constructed the fencing and backstops. Baldwin Park City staff built a scaled down BMX bike track. Trott Brook Barn StreetlPark and Planning Department personnel hung sheet rock and wood paneling. A contractor re-sided the exterior. Picnic Tables City staff built and painted 20 new picnic tables that were placed at Lions Park Center. RECYCLING In April each year, the StreeUPark Department hosts a City Clean-up Day that has been very successful. This effort is coordinated by the Building and Environmental Department and is staffed by city workers and volunteers. Contractors collect and recycle appliances and tires. Furniture that is serviceable is collected by Goodwill and the unserviceable furniture is collected by local trash haulers and taken to the RDF Plant. City workers collect and process the scrap metal and batteries before selling them to local scrap metal dealers.